I'm working on a backup scheme that looks at modification times. To run some tests I'd like to be able to set the modification time of directories (WinXPsp2, Python-2.3.4)
os.utime() works well with files but throws a permission error with directories. See code below. Q: Can this be done via the os-module? Q: Is it possible at all? Somebody knows? Thanks, mb - Martin Bless """ Trying to the timestamps of a directory """ import sys, os, stat, datetime, time today = datetime.datetime.now() pastday = today - datetime.timedelta(days=11) atime = int(time.mktime(pastday.timetuple())) mtime = atime times = (atime,mtime) path = os.path.normpath(r'c:/dummydir') os.utime(path,times) """ throws error: OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'c:\\dummydir' """ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
